Closing Guantanamo

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My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No "Preventive Detention"

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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Look at the sentence, "Hold[ing] individuals to keep them from carrying out an act of war," replace "an act of war" with "any crime," and you will realize why the proposed policy is so terrifying.

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Glenn Beck Sub Holds Sane Discussion On Gitmo With Ron Paul (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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Well, you have to give credit where credit is due. Glenn Beck takes time off from his eponymous Fox News show, no doubt to nurse the scars he receive...

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1 In 7 Guantanamo Detainees Freed Return To Terrorism: Pentagon

New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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An unreleased Pentagon report provides new details concluding that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the prison ...

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Jim Inhofe Cites Free Colonoscopy As GITMO Benefit (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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Via Jake Tapper, here's a video of James Mountain "Jim" Inhofe, best known as the Senate's preeminent climate change crackpot, talking about how great...

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Pentagon Official: US Must Take Gitmo Prisoners

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In an escalation of arguments over closing a prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, a top Pentagon official says members of Congress mu...

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Guantanamo Detainee Suggests Moving Guantanamo Detainees to Ramada Inn

Jerome Halligan | Posted 06.19.2009 | Comedy

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"Why? What's the big deal?" he asked. "The only difference between a maximum security prison and a Ramada is really the decor, when you really think about it."

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Harry Reid: No Gitmo Detainees In U.S.

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison suffered a blow Tuesday when his allies in the Senate said they...

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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Chavez: Gitmo Detainees Can Come Here

BBC | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is prepared to receive detainees held by the US military at the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba....

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Obama's Yemen Problem

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Instead of branding the Yemenis guilty until proven innocent, the United States and Yemen should prosecute those against whom they have evidence and repatriate the rest.

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Who's Running Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

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On January 20, the answer to that question seemed obvious. However, on January 29, the Commissions' recently appointed chief judge provided the first challenge to the president's plans.

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Jason Pollock | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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You have forever changed what it means to be the President of the United States and I'm so grateful and happy for your existence.

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11 Former Guantanamo Detainees On Saudi Terrorist List

Nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Eleven Saudis who were released from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and then passed through a Saudi rehabilitation progra...

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An Open Letter To Jeh Johnson/General Counsel, Department of Defense

H. Candace Gorman | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

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As the rest of the world is standing by waiting to see us take responsibility for Gitmo, we should release the Uighur detainees into the United States and grant them provisional asylum.

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Lawmakers: Send Guantanamo Detainees Anywhere But My State

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Even before President Barack Obama moved to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay lockup, several communities were engaged in a furious...

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Local Pride and Supermax

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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The list of prisoners who have been or are presently at Supermax is quite distinguished as prison rosters go; it includes Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," and Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber."

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How Cooking For The Taliban Gets You Life In Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Those of us who prefer justice to arbitrary and unaccountable detention without charge or trial were delighted when, last week, Barack Obama fulfilled...

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Guantanamo: What Should The US Do With It?

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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With President Obama announcing the closure of the infamous Guantanamo detention center within the year, the talk has immediately turned to the fate o...

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As a Psychologist, Examining Gender Dynamics on Morning Joe

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

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Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have both discussed family dynamics on MSNBC's Morning Joe, which they co-host. In many ways, these dynamics seem...

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Obama's Decisive Break with Bush's "War on Terror" Policies

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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Obama's new Orders are a bold start, but more detail is required, dangerous loopholes must be shut off permanently, and other parts of the Bush administration's dark legacy need to be swiftly addressed.

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Chaos and Lies: Why Obama Was Right To Halt The Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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In one of his first acts as president, Obama ordered prosecutors in Guantanamo's Military Commission trials to ask for a four-month stay on all proceedings.

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo's Forgotten Child

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Just two weeks ago, in a habeas corpus case in a Washington D.C. court, Judge Richard Leon turned the clock back to January 11, 2002 (the day Guantán...

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Arianna Discusses Closing Gitmo on MSNBC

Huff TV | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Closing Guantánamo Is Easier Than You Think, Mr. President

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Our new president should discard the last seven years of legal novelties in favor of the traditional model of detaining only those men who can and should be charged and tried for some criminal offense.

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Closing Gitmo Requires Tough Judgments On Inmates

AP | ANDREW O. SELSKY | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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